Great Britain UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND

The island nation in Western Europe. UK - one of the largest states in Europe, nuclear power, a permanent member of UN Security Council. Heir to the British Empire, is the largest country in the world in the XIX - early XX century. Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as used by Queen Elizabeth II from 1953 to the present.

Great Britain is the birthplace of modern parliamentary democracy. The form of government - parliamentary monarchy. Westminster Palace, the seat of both houses of the British Parliament.

The area of the UK is 243 809 km ². Eurotunnel length of 50 km, 38 km - under water. Greenwich Observatory in London.

In Wiltshire is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world, Stonehenge

United Kingdom - a unitary state with a constitutional monarchy. Queen. Elizabeth II is head of state of the United Kingdom.